Vegetarian Macaroni Salad

This vegetarian macaroni salad recipe is pretty classic, but the calories aren’t so classic! A typical macaroni salad that you’d find at a summer bbq has 1 cup of mayonnaise for 8 oz of pasta, which is like 1500 calories! I don’t want to discriminate against mayonnaise, but I’m just saying…that’s a lotta calories! What I do instead is put a hint of vegenaise, which is just like mayo but made with vegan ingredients, and then I add pickle juice, olive oil and dijon mustard. That’s a burst of flavor right there that won’t have you missing mayo.

PS, I think it’s so funny how often I use pickle juice in recipes…I do not let that stuff go to waste! Have you tried it to brine chicken like I did with these Pickle-Brined Baked Chicken? So good! So yeah, don’t throw away that juice you guys. Work it into this recipe and you’ll love the salty kick it gives this vegetarian macaroni salad. If you follow me on snapchat, you would see I love making this salad once a month and throwing it in my kids lunchbox for 2-3 days. It tastes great cold, gives them carbs for energy and some healthy veggies while they’re at school.

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